New Delhi: Within days of many cigarette companies stopping production after the implementation of 85 percent pictorial warnings, the All India Bidi Industry Federation on Thursday said it will stop production of bidis as it was impossible for them to continue with the new norm.

"As per the new notifications, bidis cannot be produced without the new enhanced pictorial warnings from April 1, 2016. It is impossible to print the warning, as stipulated, as the curved area and wrapping paper edges prevent printing on a reasonably large area of the curved surfaces," said a statement from the federation.